Reimagining Community Safety: Police Accountability with Deborah Ramirez

One of the central concerns about how to produce more equitable and just outcomes has been how to make the police accountable for their misconduct. Deborah Ramirez, Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law joined us to discuss her four-part solution, which includes restricting police union’s collective bargaining and narrowing qualified immunity by using professional liability insurance, efforts that should save lives by detecting, preventing, and deterring police misconduct.

Resources mentioned:

Ramirez, Deborah, and Tamar Pinto. "Policing the Police: A Roadmap to Police Accountability Using Professional Liability Insurance." Rutgers University Law Review, vol. 73, no. 2, Winter 2021, p. 307-350.

This conversation took place on October 20, 2021.